"Bays 3 and 4 can be used either for standard switch or pass-through modules (such as

Fibre Channel connectivity or extra Ethernet ports) or for bridge modules. These bays are

routed internally to the PCI-X connector on the blades..."

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You mention that the bays 3 or 4 can become pass-through modules, so if I install two extra FC Cards, and an external FC Switch, for example the Brocade 300 (BR-340-B-0008) I can add two more storage units for example?

Re: Can I add more Brocade 10-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module to my IBM BladeCenter H

I just went back to some othe documentation and FC switch modules are supported in Bay 3,4, and 7,9 - I think when decoding IBM documentation. Baye 3 and 4 surely supports 44X1921/20. I am not a Bladecenter expert, but the Bladecenter H supports up to 4 FC switch modules.

One options is connect a 300 switch to your bladecenter existing FC connections and then move those original fibre to the 300.

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so FC module to bay 3 and 4, and also to bay 9 and 10 (with extra conditions).

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